Erik W. Dent

Spontaneous calcium transients in developing cortical neurons regulate axon outgrowth.

Dynamic imaging of neuronal cytoskeleton.

Cytoskeletal dynamics and transport in growth cone motility and axon guidance.

Ena/VASP proteins: regulators of the actin cytoskeleton and cell migration.

Axon guidance by growth cones and branches: common cytoskeletal and signaling mechanisms.

Netrin-1 and semaphorin 3A promote or inhibit cortical axon branching, respectively, by reorganization of the cytoskeleton.

Critical role of Ena/VASP proteins for filopodia formation in neurons and in function downstream of netrin-1.

Hot +TIPS: guidance cues signal directly to microtubules.

Touch and go: guidance cues signal to the growth cone cytoskeleton.

Ena/VASP Is Required for neuritogenesis in the developing cortex.

Filopodia are required for cortical neurite initiation.

Activity-dependent dynamic microtubule invasion of dendritic spines.

Positioning and guidance of neurons on gold surfaces by directed assembly of proteins using Atomic Force Microscopy.

The dynamic cytoskeleton: backbone of dendritic spine plasticity.

The growth cone cytoskeleton in axon outgrowth and guidance.

Distance dependence of neuronal growth on nanopatterned gold surfaces.

Semiconductor nanomembrane tubes: three-dimensional confinement for controlled neurite outgrowth.

BDNF-induced increase of PSD-95 in dendritic spines requires dynamic microtubule invasions.

Dynamic microtubules promote synaptic NMDA receptor-dependent spine enlargement.